​'GO-GO' MARATHON & FUN-RUN, AND '7 DAYS 7 MARATHONS'

Our Go-Go run onSaturday November 9th welcomes all abilities. Choose the 55km ultra course, the 21km half marathon or the 10km fun run, on the Arakawa river, ending at a care home in Kawagoe, greeted by the cheering kids for whom you are running. Register your interest by sending an email detailing your preferred course. An official entry form and more information posted soon.

If this is not enough, join one of our intrepid members, David Sweet on a '7 Days 7 Marathons' expedition! His first day will be the Go-Go run, ending a week, and about 300kms later at a children's home in Fukushima City.

Tokyo to Fukushima on a Shinkansen at 270km/h takes 85 minutes. Imagine running 300 kilometers!... not an easy feat. Going to university without a computer... again, not easy. In today's Japan, it’s normal for kids to have computers but not for children in institutionalized homes, struggling to prepare for adult life.Funds raised from the ‘7 Days 7 Marathons’ will not only help fund computers, it will educate the kids in their use, specifically coding and programming to give them employable skills for the future.

David hopes others will join all or part of the run. He also seeks corporate sponsors for his running jersey, and individual donors. If you would like to support him in some way pleaseemail usor donate below. ​After moving to Japan, David was in his mid-30s, fat, and not a sport lover. He started running from a panting 15 minutes, to now completing over 100 races, including over 30 marathons where his best time is 3:10 and a 100km ultra marathon in just over 11 hours.

He is the embodiment of how running can transform one’s life. He wants his passion for running to transform vulnerable children's lives and be a role model with a never-say-die, positive attitude.​